Colossal Biosciences’ Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi might have broken the internet, but a lot of that is becoming what qualifies as a “dire wolf,” anyway?

Real or hybrid, news of the resurrection of the dire wolf is a big deal with huge implications for conservation efforts, the advancement of science, and the business of bioscience.

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly 50,000 years ago. Then, somehow, they remained genetically isolated for tens ...